Frank Elliot

ELLIOT

Posted By: Bill Smith
Date: 8/10/2013 at 14:21:05

The Red Oak Express, 14 Jun 1901

FRANK ELLIOT

WAS KILLED INSTANTLY

Frank Elliot, brief mention of whose death on June 5 was made in last week’s SUN, came to his death in an accident. With a companion he was engaged in painting a large barn in Springfield, Mo., they working on a swinging scaffold about 20 feet from the ground. One of the hooks that held the scaffold worked loose and caused the scaffold to tilt. Mr. Elliot fell fell first and his companion fell upon him. Mr. Elliot was killed instantly, his neck being broke. His companion was fatally injured. Frank was the son of Mrs. T. E. Elliot, of Red Oak. He was 35 years of age and leaves a wife and one child, a daughter three years old. With his father-in-law he owned a lot of mineral land on which there is zinc, and it was his intention when the job of painting he was working on was completed to give up painting and engage in development of mining interest. His mother and his brother, A. R. Elliot, and the latter’s son, Clifford, went to Springfield to attend the funeral which was held Friday.